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These revenues have doubled in the last thirty years, thanks to Milan&#8217;s growing prosperity. This represents a quarter of all taxes collected by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, despite Lombardy being a small fraction of the Empire&#8217;s population and territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milan. 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